All dishes:

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mounassou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze.
Potato cake with cream, pork and shallots.

Sheep and Goats

Provençal grilled lamb

Provençal style : accompanied by sautéed tomatoes with parsley, garlic-infused olive oil, and bread.

Sheep and Goats

Confit lamb epigrams

Epigrams : lamb breast pieces.

Desserts

Strawberry snow

Whipped egg whites filled with cottage cheese, topped with strawberries and a fruit coulis.

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tomato and cheese tart

Beef

Bordeaux style sautéed rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

Main meals

Truffade

Type of pancake made from thinly sliced potatoes cooked in goose fat, mixed with fine strips of fresh tomme cheese until it forms a thick, sticky paste. Sometimes garnished with fresh parsley.

Warm starters

Fresh duck foie gras escalope on gingerbread

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Sicilian pizza

Pizza made with anchovies, onion, tomato, herbs, and cheeses (Caciocavallo and Tomme).

Ice cream and sorbets

Candied fennel and vanilla ice cream

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pie Munster

Beef

Roasted beef tenderloin with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

Cheeses

Brillat-Savarin with black truffle

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Desserts

Red velvet cake

United States.
Layered red chocolate cake covered with cream cheese or roux frosting.
Traditionally served at Christmas or Valentine's Day.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Smoked salmon lasagna with mixed herbs

Desserts

Maltese strawberries

Strawberries served with orange juice and Cointreau.

Poultry

Pigeon en vessie with cream sauce

En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Poultry

Chicken confit

Generally eaten hot.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Steamed green asparagus

Desserts

Chocolate Saint-Honoré

Saint-Honoré : puff pastry or shortcrust base topped with choux pastry before baking, then covered with pastry cream and small cream-filled choux puffs glazed with caramel around the edges.
The center of the cake is filled with whipped cream or a Chiboust cream (pastry cream mixed with Italian meringue).

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed morels

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

Cheeses

Pecorino sardo maturo

Italy. Sardinia.
Smoked, pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw sheep’s milk with a natural dark-colored rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

Desserts

Hazelnut cake